Surprised By Beauty
It had been over a decade since I had set foot in St. John Cantius—enough time to forget that one never can tell what beautiful surprise awaits unsuspecting visitors.
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
It had been over a decade since I had set foot in St. John Cantius—enough time to forget that one never can tell what beautiful surprise awaits unsuspecting visitors.
Stay tuned for daily reports on the CMAA Sacred Music Colloquium next week
Could this have something to do with how each line comes through “cleanly” in 3-part music?
“It is better to speak of a Declaration of Nullity rather than an Annulment…” —Most Rev. Gracida (1994)
Mother Angelica sat down for a wonderful interview with a famous Theologian.
A luxuriant choral setting of the Kyrie from “Mass of the Angels”
The organist will play softly at the Offertory.
When reading certain publications, one gets the sense that every Catholic in the world is up-in-arms about the present translation.
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Weddings, with all of their challenges offer an important chance to evangelize. God calls us to be fishers of women and men. That’s the most important catch of all.
Here are some thoughts, but I can’t promise they make sense.
I realize what I propose seems like moving forward at a snail’s pace, but considering how long the average parishioner has been in the liturgical and musical desert, anything more would cause the musical equivalent of refeeding syndrome.
Who wouldn’t welcome a brief-but-beautiful piece like this?
Is the “Reform of the Reform” dead? Bishop Serratelli and many others disagree!
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